COVID-19 vaccine becomes ‘wish list’ item
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A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine at a public health center in Incheon, South Korea, on Feb. 26,.
Kelly Woodyard Staff Writer Annually, talk surrounding the release of whatever trend floods the Internet and creates conversations at the dinner table. Different from the past, the 2021 trendy “wish list item” seems to be the COVID-19 vaccine. Large groups ranging in age depending on their job, health status and overall environment, are eligible to receive the vaccine. Plans to extend to the groups at less risk seem to be approaching. Developments with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine being confirmed shift the advancements in getting more and more people vaccinated further as well. Teachers at Webster received the vac-
cine on Tuesday, March 16. This vaccination may increase the chances of students fully returning to school post Spring Break. Eighteen year old Ella Ferguson recently received the vaccine and was asked
flu shot, and it was. It was fast and essentially painless,” Ferguson said. Talk of symptoms post receiving the vaccine has been spreading, professionals have said symptoms may feel like having the flu. “The only symptom I really had was some bruising around the injection site, but it was nothing I haven’t already experienced from previous vaccines. Post vaccine, I felt so much relief and anticipation for what a post-pandemic world will look like,” Ferguson said. A new guideline released by the CDC explains that vaccinated people may meet with other vaccinated people in a non socially distanced manabout her experiences with receiving the ner, inside, unmasked. This new found vaccine. information possibly could attract more “I expected an experience similar to the people to want to get vaccinated.
“I expected an experience similar to the flu shot, and it was. It was fast and essentially painless” --Ella Ferguson
2,522,050 vaccines (first and second doses) have been administered in Missouri. Statistic provided by showmestrong.mo.gov/ April 2021 | Feature
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